Comment by Fer Sumano on January 5, 2012 at 8:20pm

Hola! 
estoy totalmente de acuerdo contigo nunca me habia acercado a "hoop city" tanto como quisiera aveces lo reviso, y aveces no, algo de eso tiene que ver con lo que tu mencionas el hecho de decirles y tratar a los demas como Dioses... 

I write in Spanish so that I am proud of my language and my roots if you have some doubt on the translation I can help;) 

Greetingss! :D 

Comment by Jade Lilian White on January 5, 2012 at 8:35pm

Hey I have felt the same don't leave hoopcity add me as a friend!

Comment by Turner n Hoops on January 6, 2012 at 1:33am

"religion is the opiate of the masses" -the george orwell version.   

some need structure and nomenclature to embody something larger...others feel it without words.  yet, we are all believeing in the same thing.  the mode or vessel will always differ.  i completely understand (though I know approval is not your aim).  all i can say is don't let the subtle differences your mind notices take you from the greater similarity in us all.  hope this didn't read as preach-y because you gave me a chance to realize something i didn't even know i thought.  let's hoop in our sneakers and thread-bare jeans and feel just as alive as the next :) 

Comment by Kristen Cochran on January 6, 2012 at 7:51am

How refreshing to hear people express how they really feel.  It feels good to me to hear that not everyday is all roses and "hoopiness." I don't have any flowy pants.  I don't want them b/c they cost $$$.  But I do want them b/c they look cool.  My mom wanted to teach me how to sew when I was younger - now I wish I listened.  Now I'm thinking maybe I can try to learn.  Now I'm thinking maybe I can ask her for help - even though she's going to think they look like gypsy pants.  Now I'm thinking we all need each other for help.  To vent, to think, to ask, to try, to listen.  Thanks for venting.  I feel like I got something off MY chest through you, b/c I don't/can't always say what's on my mind.  I was taught to sit up straight and be polite and only say polite things.  So I don't vent and I try to pretend that everything is all "hoopy."  Gosh, whew!  Thanks for venting.  Now maybe we can get on with things.  Maybe I'll ask my mother (politely) if she would help me make some gypsy pants for her (not so polite) gypsy girl.  Shake it up now Stevie Cee, I'll meet you at the Jubilee.  I'll have ribbons, ribbons, ribbons, in my long brown hair.

Comment by Sarah Maccarelli Jordan on January 6, 2012 at 9:54am

I enjoyed reading your post...I don't own flowy pants or have feathers in my hair. I'm not a vegan and I hate loud music. I don't go to festivals...my idea of camping is sleeping in a hotel. :)

Comment by SaFire* on January 6, 2012 at 4:08pm

Well said!  Absolutely there is no "right" way. There's the base of the move in it's simplest form and then it goes so much deeper than that!  

Yeah it's definitely a bit amusing how by the end of a hoop retreat everyone has bought new clothes and we're all in bright coloured flowing pants... I'm a bit of a sucker for funky clothes.   

I suppose it's on par with how some yogis get REALLY into yoga this and yoga that. 

Comment by Healing Wolf on January 6, 2012 at 4:43pm

Personally I'm one of those obsessed people you're talking about... although I've never said "have a hoopy day to anyone", lol. I'm not sure I fully understand why what other people think, say or do bothers you so much. But to be fair I've never been to a hoop retreat (*I'd LOVE TO)... sorry you had a bad experience.

Comment by Theresa on January 7, 2012 at 11:40am

I feel the same way about a lot of what you said! Honestly, its to the point that I dont feel comfortable hooping with other hoopers. I feel as though if im not as good as the hoopers I'm with then they think i dont know anything, and if im better then they think im showing off. It wasnt like this when I first started hooping, I dont know how it happened. Like once I asked a girl to show me some of her moves and she told me to figure it out on my own. Another time, my cousin and I were talking about someone who was more skilled than us and I said something like "She is all tricks and no groove." I felt bad right after I said it, who am I to say such a thing?

Comment by Stevie Cee on January 20, 2012 at 12:24pm

Hey guys, thanks for all the responses. I forgot I turned off my email settings so I didnt get any notifications. I am glad my honesty and venting resonated with some of you....I love hooping. its easy to get judgemental sometimes and I am not proud of it. Maybe I am just jealous because I wish hooping was everything to me all of the time. I feel humbled and happy to have your perspective. Thanks for being real guys!

Comment by Tilly Whirls on January 20, 2012 at 1:00pm

I like to hoop in all kinds of clothes. I did buy some flowy pants, but only because they were on sale and I'd saved up for quite a while for them. And while they're pretty, they're not easy to hoop in by any means. All the tassels and extra fabric make leg hooping and one leg hooping pretty annoying. I had feathers in my hair but it was before I hooped, and now I can't wear them anyway because I chopped all my hair off (but again, wonder if I should've when I see all these hoopers toss around their long, flowy locks—no! I love my short hair! makes hooping easier for ME). 

I always feel like people are going to judge me because I like to hoop to pop music. Yup. I'm not a dupstep or jam band girl at all, though I do find some songs I like in those genres. When I posted a video of me hooping to Jessie J's Domino (or was it a Selena Gomez song...?) someone said something along the lines of being glad they weren't the only hooper who was really into that song. 

I'm going to HoopCon—my first retreat ever—but I made sure to elect to be in a cabin. Ugh. Camping. Yuck. I'm not outdoorsy. I hate bugs. The only reason I spend as much time outside as I do now is because there's more space to move. I'm also not a vegan or even a vegetarian, and am a bit afraid of getting judgmental looks when I go to HoopCon because of it. 

We're all different and a lot of different parts of hooping will appeal to us as individuals. But I can definitely understand what you mean when people are so absorbed by it and into it that they can't even seem to speak of anything else. Have you seen the Shit Hoopers Say video yet? I think in regards to this conversation it'll resonate. :) 

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